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Logie Award for Most Outstanding Sports Coverage

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Logie Award for Most Outstanding Sports Coverage
CountryAustralia
Presented byTV Week
First awarded1977
Websitewww.nowtolove.com.au/tv-week-logies

The Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Sports Coverage is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award is given to recognise outstanding coverage of sports.[1]

The first award for sports coverage was awarded at the 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1977 as Best Sporting Documentary.[2] In 1978, the award became Outstanding Coverage Of A Sporting Event.[3] From 1981 it became Best Sports Coverage and in 1985 Best Coverage of Sport.

Logie Awards chosen by the public began in 1998,[4][5] which included the Most Popular Sports Program until 2017.[3]

SBS TV's The World Game won at least three Logies for coverage of the FIFA World Cup[6][7] Les Murray and Craig Foster collected the TV Week Logie Award for Outstanding Sports Coverage in 2015, for their coverage on SBS TV's The World Game of the 2014 World Cup.[8]

Winners and nominees

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Key Meaning
Indicates the winning program

Best Sporting Documentary

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Year Program Network Ref
1977 Sportsnight
ABC

Outstanding Coverage Of A Sporting Event

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Year Program Network Ref
1978 The Australian Open Golf
Nine Network
1979 Bathurst Hardie Ferodo motor race
Seven Network

Outstanding Coverage of a Sports Report

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Year Program Network Ref
1980 Test cricket
Nine Network

Best Sports Coverage

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Year Program Network Ref
1981 The 1980 Moscow Olympic Games
Seven Network
1982 Cricket
Nine Network
1983 Commonwealth Games
ABC
1984 Cricket
Nine Network
1985 James Hardie 1000
Seven Network
1986 Australian Grand Prix
Nine Network

Most Outstanding Achievement in Sports

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Year Program Network Ref
1998 Australia vs Iran World Cup Qualifier
SBS
Bathurst 1000
Network Ten
1997 AFL Grand Final
Seven Network

Most Outstanding Achievement in Sports

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Year Program Network Ref
1999 1998 Commonwealth Games
Nine Network
1998 Melbourne Cup Carnival
Network Ten
1998 World Cup
SBS
1998 Swimming Championships
Nine Network

Most Outstanding Sports Coverage

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Year Program Network Ref
2000 FAI 1000 Bathurst
Network Ten
1999 Pan Pacific Swimming
Nine Network
Melbourne Cup Carnival
Network Ten
1999 Rugby World Cup
Seven Network
2001 The Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Seven Network
FAI 1000 Bathurst
Network Ten
Melbourne Cup Carnival
Network Ten
Nine's Summer of Cricket
Nine Network
2002 Bledisloe Cup
Seven Network
Bathurst V8 1000
Network Ten
Honda Indy 300
Network Ten
Wimbledon Coverage 2001
Nine Network
World Swimming Championships, Japan
Nine Network
2003 Ashes Test Series 2002-03
Nine Network
Australian Formula One Grand Prix
Network Ten
FIFA World Cup 2002
SBS/Nine Network
The XIX Winter Olympic Games – Salt Lake City
Seven Network
The XVII Commonwealth Games – Manchester
Seven Network
2003 Bob Jane T-Mart 1000
Network Ten
AFL: Friday Night Football
Nine Network
Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Network Ten
Nine's Summer of Test Cricket
Nine Network
Rugby League State of Origin
Nine Network
Rugby World Cup
Seven Network
2005 Bob Jane T-Mart 1000
Network Ten
AFL Grand Final
Network Ten
Athens Olympic Games
Seven Network
The Melbourne Cup
Seven Network
NRL State of Origin 2: Qld vs NSW
Nine Network
2006 Super Cheap Auto 1000
Network Ten
AFL Grand Final
Network Ten
Australian Tennis Open
Seven Network
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day
Seven Network
Lexmark Indy 300
Network Ten
2007 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Italy vs Australia
SBS
3 Mobile Ashes Series, Second Test
Nine Network
2006 Australian Tennis Open
Seven Network
2006 Winter Olympics
Seven Network
2006 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Network Ten
2008 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Seven Network
AFL Grand Final
Network Ten
3 Mobile Ashes Series, Fifth Test
Nine Network
Australian Open Tennis Championships
Seven Network
FINA World Swimming Championships
Nine Network
2009 Beijing Olympics
Seven Network
AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
Beijing Paralympics
ABC
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Seven Network
Tour de France
SBS
2010 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Seven Network
2009 AFL Grand Final
Network Ten
2009 Australian Golf Open
ABC
2009 NRL Grand Final
Nine Network
Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival
Seven Network
2011 The Ashes 2010 First Test – Day One at the Gabba
Nine Network
2010 AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
2010 Melbourne Cup
Seven Network
Rugby League – 2010 State of Origin – Game One
Nine Network
XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi
Foxtel
2012 2011 State Of Origin – Game Three
Nine Network
2011 Australian Open Tennis
Seven Network
2011 Bathurst 1000
Seven Network
2011 Melbourne Cup Carnival
Seven Network
2011 Tour de France
SBS
2013 London 2012 Olympic Games
Foxtel
2012 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival
Seven Network
London 2012 Olympic Games
Nine Network
2012 Toyota AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
Boxing Day Test Match
Nine Network
2014 2013 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival
Seven Network
2013 NRL Grand Final
Nine Network
2013 Toyota AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
The Ashes Cricket — Australia v England
Nine Network
Tour de France
SBS
2015 2014 FIFA World Cup
SBS
2014 Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival
Seven Network
KFC T20 Big Bash League
Network Ten
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Seven Network
2014 Toyota AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
2016 KFC T20 Big Bash League
Network Ten
2015 Australian Open
Seven Network/7TWO
Emirates Melbourne Cup Carnival
Seven Network
Holden State of Origin II
Nine Network
NRL Telstra Premiership Grand Final
Nine Network
2017 Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Seven Network
2016 NRL Grand Final
Nine Network
2016 Supercars Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Network Ten
2016 AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
KFC Big Bash League
Network Ten
2018 2017 Bathurst 1000
Network Ten
2017 AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
2017 Australian Open Men's Final
Seven Network
Jeff Horn vs Manny Pacquiao
Foxtel
The 2017/2018 Ashes
Nine Network
2019 2018 FIFA World Cup
SBS
Australia Vs India: Second Test In Perth
Foxtel
2018 Commonwealth Games
Seven Network
2018 Invictus Games
ABC
Supercars Championship: Bathurst
Network Ten
2022 Olympic and Paralympics Games Tokyo 2020
Seven Network
2021 AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
2021/2022 Fox Cricket Ashes Coverage
Foxtel
2022 Australian Open Women's Final
Nine Network
State of Origin – Game 1
Nine Network
2023 State of Origin
Nine Network
2022 AFL Grand Final
Seven Network
2022 FIFA World Cup
SBS
2022 Melbourne Cup Carnival
Network Ten
2023 Australian Open
Nine Network
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Seven Network

References

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  1. ^ "Full list of nominations for the 55th Annual TV Week Logie Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013.
  2. ^ "1974–1977 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. ^ a b "1978–1981 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Australian Television: 1994-1997 Logie Awards". Australian Television Information Archive. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Australian Television: 1998 Logie Awards". Australian Television Information Archive. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  6. ^ Law, Benjamin (16 October 2020). "Benjamin Law's Dicey Topics with former Socceroos captain and now human rights activist Craig Foster". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  7. ^ "All in this together? putting people at the heart of decision making the case for human rights in a new social bargain". UniSA. UniSA Nelson Mandela Lecture. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Les and Fozz at the Logies" (Video). Facebook. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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